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Bitcoin Swings Wildly as Iran Ceasefire Drama Rocks Crypto Markets Bitcoin kicked off the week with a surge above $71,000 before retracing, reflecting renewed market sensitivity to geopolitical developments between the U.S. and Iran. The leading cryptocurrency had traded below $68,000 over the weekend, leaving investors on edge as markets digested conflicting reports about peace talks in the Middle East. Monday’s spike came after the U.S. President Donald Trump announced a five-day postponement of planned strikes on Iranian power plants, citing “very good and productive” conversations with Tehran on a “complete and total resolution” of hostilities. Within minutes of the…

TownSquare, a decentralized finance (DeFi) money market protocol built on the Monad blockchain, has announced the successful closure of a $16.25 million pre-Series A funding round. The project disclosed the raise via its official X account, revealing a diverse group of investors that includes World Liberty Financial, Ouroscapital, Arcane, OKX Ventures, Animoca Brands, Amber Group, and Aptos. Strategic Allocation of Capital The fresh capital is earmarked to strengthen TownSquare’s revenue generation infrastructure, with a specific focus on two key areas: the $USD1 stablecoin initiative and the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs). By integrating these assets into its money market protocol,…

The Ethereum network is approaching a critical infrastructure bottleneck, sparking intense debate among developers over how to handle the blockchain’s rapidly growing “state size.” At the center of the controversy is a proposed network upgrade, EIP-8037, which aims to curb data bloat by significantly increasing the upfront gas costs for developers deploying new smart contracts and storage slots. There seems to be an economic flaw in Ethereum’s current design: developers pay a one-time fee to write data to the blockchain, but network nodes are forced to pay the ongoing costs to store that data forever. The state storage problem Ethereum’s…

The ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran is accelerating Wall Street’s transition into tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) to allay the risk of geopolitical volatility. The crisis has solidified RWAs as essential “always-on” infrastructure for Wall Street, exposing the limitations of traditional financial markets that close during weekends. As of April 2026, financial institutions are increasingly adopting blockchain-based tokenized trading to reduce the risks posed by 24/7 geopolitical tensions that traditional markets are ill-equipped to handle. Closing on weekends when many geopolitical escalations occur has emerged as a critical vulnerability in traditional financial markets. Major attacks, such as the U.S.…

Tether increased its stablecoin supply again after minting $1 billion $USDT on the Tron network. The latest issuance pushed the company’s total new $USDT creation to $6 billion within three weeks. Blockchain tracking platform Onchain Lens reported the latest mint on May 11. The move arrived as crypto trading activity accelerated across major exchanges and Bitcoin maintained strong momentum. Market analysts continue to watch large $USDT mints closely because they often signal rising liquidity demand. Besides, traders usually interpret fresh stablecoin supply as preparation for larger institutional positioning across digital asset markets. During the same three-week period, the company also…

CoinGecko’s 2026 Crypto Perpetuals Report shows Binance and OKX still dominating perpetual futures, even as decentralized perp exchanges rapidly gain ground in open interest. CoinGecko’s new 2026 Crypto Perpetuals Report finds that in the first four months of 2026, Binance accounted for 33% of the global perpetual futures market, with OKX holding 15%, underscoring how centralized giants still anchor derivatives liquidity. Over the same period, BingX’s market share in perps grew by more than 66%, rising from 3% to 5% and pushing the exchange to seventh place worldwide by market share. 2/ Top 11 Perp CEX monthly average trading volume…

Boerse Stuttgart Group’s tokenized securities settlement platform Seturion has partnered with Societe Generale, its crypto subsidiary SG-Forge, and online broker flatexDEGIRO to build out a blockchain-based securities settlement system across Europe. Under the plan, Societe Generale will issue tokenized structured securities, such as turbo warrants and investment certificates, on Seturion, according to a Thursday announcement. SG-Forge, which holds a Markets in Crypto-Assets authorization from French regulators, will settle transactions using its CoinVertible euro and dollar stablecoins, EURCV and USDCV. FlatexDEGIRO, who say they serve 3.5 million customers across 16 countries, will also connect its retail investor flow to the platform.…

The Bitcoin blockchain recently experienced a “rare-ish” two-block reorganization (reorg). The term “reorganization” can sometimes sound alarming to casual observers, but the event was not an attack or a glitch. Bitcoin’s decentralized consensus mechanism is functioning exactly as designed. We just had a rare-ish two block fork/reorg between Foundry and AntPool+ViaBTC. Foundry mined six blocks in a row.https://t.co/qpj7eLlh0U pic.twitter.com/Jd5m1LX036 — b10c (@0xB10C) March 23, 2026 According to data shared by Bitcoin researcher b10c and visualized on-chain, the mining pool Foundry USA won an epic multi-block race against competitors AntPool and ViaBTC. The race at height 941880 In order to validate…

As part of efforts to provide crypto investors with advanced options of accessing innovative decentralized lending and borrowing opportunities, Glider, a cryptocurrency trading platform that simplifies crypto portfolio management, today announced a strategic partnership with the Solana blockchain. This collaboration enabled Glider to launch its digital asset trading platform on Solana’s wing for credit-based DeFi. Glider is a decentralized, non-custodial crypto trading platform that focuses on enabling investors and traders to streamline their digital asset portfolio management. Its AI-powered, automated technology helps users to simplify their movement in the sophisticated DeFi space by efficiently connecting with chains, rebalancing portfolios, and…

Rising oil prices since the US-Israeli war have been a consistent weight on the price of Ether for the last three months, according to Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee. “If one is wondering why Ethereum has been under selling pressure … to me, rising oil prices is the biggest headwind,” Lee said on X on Monday. Lee said the inverse correlation between Ether prices and oil is at a record high. Crude oil prices have surged 66% from $65 to more than $100 per barrel since the US-Israeli war began on Feb. 28. They spiked again on Monday, with WTI hitting…